Post #1426652
2026-02-26 04:31 UTC
@chris_bloke I love that we know the name of the guy who invented the equals sign, and I love that everyone was like, “Yep, two short parallel lines pretty much nails it.”
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@chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org 2026-02-26 12:42
@RJK yup, that was pretty much his reasoning! https://old.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/quotations/recorde-robert-1557